single-crystalline zinc oxide nanorods

a) FESEM image of aligned ZnO nanorods. b) TEM image of a single nanorod. c) HRTEM image takenfrom the edge of the ZnO nanorod. Inset: Corresponding SAED pattern.(Credit: Nanowerk.com. Reprinted with permission from Wiley-VCH Verlag) Researchers in Taiwan have shown, for the first time, that they can directly grow vertically aligned, highly crystalline and defect-free…